Wemyss parish records
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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.
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Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s
Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records
Lookups
The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.
We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
- £3 for a single minute
- £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
- £10 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BAINBRIGGE | Main Street Leslie | 1847 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Widow C FINLAY or SIMMERS | 1866 (1) | Order images | Not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Catherine FORRESTER | 1862 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Barbara FOSTER | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Elizabeth GEDDES or MITCHELL | 1865 (3) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isabella MARSHALL or CHALMERS | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes Wishart PARKER | 1873 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Christina WILSON | 1865 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Agnes WISHART or PARKER | 1862 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Martin ADAMSON | 20 December 1872 | Janet ADAMSON | Find the father |
| John ANDERSON | 16 March 1872 | Jane Bennet ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary Douglas ANDERSON | 4 February 1866 | Jessie ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert ANDERSON | 16 October 1860 | Margaret ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Catherine BAIRD | 8 May 1862 | Agnes BAIRD | Find the father |
| Charlotte BALLINGALL | 9 January 1856 | Susan BALLINGALL | Find the father |
| Robert BALLINGALL | 27 July 1860 | Elisabeth BALLINGALL | Find the father |
| William BALLINGALL | 14 August 1862 | Betsy BALLINGALL | Find the father |
| Allan BAXTER | 10 December 1862 | Jane BAXTER | Find the father |
| Catherine BAXTER | 17 November 1869 | Agnes BAXTER | Find the father |
| Ann BELL | 20 July 1863 | Janet BELL | Find the father |
| Helen BERRY | 17 May 1856 | Isabella BERRY | Find the father |
| Alexandrina BLACK | 21 June 1855 | Jane BLACK | Find the father |
| Christian BLACK | 19 February 1863 | Mary BLACK | Find the father |
| Helen BLACK | 7 March 1860 | Rachel BLACK | Find the father |
| Robert BLACK | 1 April 1867 | Rachel BLACK | Find the father |
| Alexander BLACKLAW | 4 November 1857 | Catherine BLACKLAW | Find the father |
| Jessie BLACKWOOD | 23 September 1872 | Robina BLACKWOOD | Find the father |
| John Ireland BONTHRON | 27 March 1867 | Margaret BONTHRON | Find the father |
| Thomas BRAD | 2 March 1857 | Alison BRAD | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BRAID | 16 November 1857 | Margaret BRAID | Find the father |
| Elisabeth BUCHANAN | 9 April 1864 | Catherine BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| James BUCHANAN | 10 May 1866 | Catherine BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ann BUIST | 3 December 1870 | Betsy Ann BUIST | Find the father |
| Jessie BUIST | 6 August 1867 | Betsy Ann BUIST | Find the father |
| John BUIST | 12 July 1873 | Betsy Ann BUIST | Find the father |
| John BUIST | 7 May 1874 | Isabella BUIST | Find the father |
| Thomas BUIST | 6 November 1866 | Isabella BUIST | Find the father |
| Elisabeth CAIRNS | 8 December 1856 | Elisabeth CAIRNS | Find the father |
| Isabella CAIRNS | 25 August 1858 | Isabella CAIRNS | Find the father |
| Alison Blyth CATION | 25 November 1859 | Christian CATION | Find the father |
| Robert CATON | 7 March 1858 | Christian CATON | Find the father |
| Alexander CHRISTIE | 20 May 1873 | Sophia CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| Alison COOPER | 8 October 1861 | Alison COOPER | Find the father |
| James Aitken COUPER | 11 July 1868 | Alison COUPER | Find the father |
| George CRAIGIE | 25 November 1874 | Helen CRAIGIE | Find the father |
| Margaret CRAWFORD | 1 February 1873 | Cecillia CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| Marjory CUNNINGHAM | 23 March 1870 | Margaret CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
| James CURRIE | 18 March 1859 | Ann CURRIE | Find the father |
| James CURRIE | 27 April 1867 | Janet CURRIE | Find the father |
| William CURRIE | 8 November 1861 | Ann CURRIE | Find the father |
| Grace DEAS | 6 February 1857 | Grace DEAS | Find the father |
| Archibald DICK | 17 March 1864 | Janet DICK | Find the father |
| Agnes DRYBURGH | 28 December 1857 | Margaret DRYBURGH | Find the father |
| Alexander DRYBURGH | 26 October 1855 | Janet DRYBURGH | Find the father |
| Ann DRYBURGH | 27 March 1857 | Ann DRYBURGH | Find the father |
| James DRYBURGH | 7 April 1866 | Jane DRYBURGH | Find the father |
| James DUNCAN | 14 July 1871 | Jane DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Jess DUNCAN | 9 April 1867 | Jane DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Mary DUNCAN | 14 June 1868 | Janet DUNCAN | Find the father |
| George DUNSIRE | 29 August 1857 | Janet DUNSIRE | Find the father |
| Janet DUNSIRE | 15 February 1862 | Janet DUNSIRE | Find the father |
| John DUNSIRE | 4 May 1856 | Christian DUNSIRE | Find the father |
| Robert ECKFORD | 2 April 1874 | Ann ECKFORD | Find the father |
| Thomas FOSTER | 4 January 1869 | Johan FOSTER | Find the father |
| Williamina FOSTER | 29 November 1874 | Janet FOSTER | Find the father |
| Mary Ann FRASER | 18 June 1870 | Ann FRASER | Find the father |
| Thomas FRASER | 18 October 1874 | Ann FRASER | Find the father |
| Forbes GATHERUM | 27 April 1866 | Mary GATHERUM | Find the father |
| Isabella GLOAG | 2 September 1859 | Christian GLOAG | Find the father |
| James GLOAG | 18 December 1862 | Isabella GLOAG | Find the father |
| Peter GLOVER | 22 May 1861 | Margaret GLOVER | Find the father |
| Jessie GORDON | 22 February 1861 | Isabella GORDON | Find the father |
| Agnes GORRIE | 15 December 1862 | Margaret GORRIE | Find the father |
| Georgina GRAY | 10 January 1863 | Robina GRAY | Find the father |
| Richard GREIG | 7 July 1870 | Margaret GREIG | Find the father |
| James GRIEVE | 14 April 1866 | Agnes GRIEVE | Find the father |
| Tomina GUTHRIE | 17 December 1866 | Margaret GUTHRIE | Find the father |
| William HARROW | 14 August 1862 | Christian HARROW | Find the father |
| Agnes HENDERSON | 11 November 1856 | Agnes HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Agnes HENDERSON | 13 October 1858 | Agnes HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Alexander HENDERSON | 23 December 1857 | Janet HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Janet HENDERSON | 6 August 1865 | Agnes HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Johan HENDERSON | 10 February 1869 | Agnes HENDERSON | Find the father |
| John HENDERSON | 30 October 1861 | Agnes HENDERSON | Find the father |
| William HERD | 30 November 1865 | Jane HERD | Find the father |
| Flora Mcleod HUNTER | 30 November 1872 | Janet HUNTER | Find the father |
| Thomas HUTCHISON | 3 April 1863 | Agnes HUTCHISON | Find the father |
| John KEDDIE | 14 November 1874 | Agnes KEDDIE | Find the father |
| John KERR | 19 June 1862 | Agnes KERR | Find the father |
| Jemima KINNEAR | 26 March 1871 | Janet KINNEAR | Find the father |
| Mary KINNEAR | 7 December 1864 | Elisabeth KINNEAR | Find the father |
| Peter KINNEAR | 18 July 1866 | Elisabeth KINNEAR | Find the father |
| Andrew KYLES | 12 March 1858 | Janet KYLES | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Mary KYLES | 9 September 1862 | Janet KYLES | Find the father |
| Margaret KYLES | 1 March 1867 | Janet KYLES | Find the father |
| Ann LAVEROCK | 3 May 1863 | Fanny LAVEROCK | Find the father |
| Jane LEITCH | 2 October 1859 | Catherine LEITCH | Find the father |
| Jemima LEITCH | 5 November 1865 | Catherine LEITCH | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LESLIE | 31 March 1858 | Elizabeth LESLIE | Find the father |
| Isabella LISTER | 20 November 1866 | Elisabeth LISTER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth MATHEWSON | 28 July 1857 | Sophia MATHEWSON | Find the father |
| Jemima MATHEWSON | 21 October 1863 | Catherine MATHEWSON | Find the father |
| Janet MATTHEW | 8 May 1864 | Ann MATTHEW | Find the father |
| Helen Jessie Wallace MCCRAE | 17 August 1873 | Janet MCCRAE | Find the father |
| John MCCREE | 3 January 1866 | Janet MCCREE | Find the father |
| David MCCRIE | 8 April 1858 | Helen MCCRIE | Find the father |
| Jemmima Hamilton MCDONALD | 19 February 1858 | Jess MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Hugh MCKENZIE | 27 May 1866 | Margaret MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| William MCLAUCHLAN | 30 July 1872 | Jane MCLAUCHLAN | Find the father |
| Jane MCPHEE | 8 August 1858 | Janet MCPHEE | Find the father |
| David MELVILLE | 18 February 1869 | Ellen MELVILLE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MELVILLE | 15 November 1866 | Ann MELVILLE | Find the father |
| Jemima Duncan MELVILLE | 8 June 1861 | Ann MELVILLE | Find the father |
| John MELVILLE | 19 April 1855 | Ann MELVILLE | Find the father |
| David MITCHELL | 24 May 1856 | Ann MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Janet MITCHELL | 27 February 1864 | Jessie MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Euphemia MONTGOMERY | 30 January 1861 | Jane MONTGOMERY | Find the father |
| Alison MOODIE | 9 November 1859 | Agnes MOODIE | Find the father |
| Alison Hutchison MOODIE | 23 September 1873 | Robina MOODIE | Find the father |
| Robert MOODIE | 17 January 1865 | Robina MOODIE | Find the father |
| Jessie MORRIS | 31 December 1862 | Jessie MORRIS | Find the father |
| Margaret MUNRO | 8 March 1874 | Helen MUNRO | Find the father |
| Robert MURRAY | 18 March 1859 | Kathrine MURRAY | Find the father |
| Robert MURRIE | 17 April 1863 | Euphemia MURRIE | Find the father |
| William PEEBLES | 7 April 1868 | Ann PEEBLES | Find the father |
| Robert PEGGIE | 25 June 1859 | Margaret PEGGIE | Find the father |
| James PETER | 27 January 1863 | Jane PETER | Find the father |
| James PETER | 11 May 1866 | Agnes PETER | Find the father |
| William PETER | 28 June 1859 | Margaret PETER | Find the father |
| Robert PHILIP | 13 September 1864 | Agnes PHILIP | Find the father |
| William REID | 6 October 1866 | Margaret REID | Find the father |
| Eliza ROBERTSON | 16 January 1871 | Christina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Robert ROBERTSON | 16 July 1860 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| David RODGER | 1 May 1855 | Catherine RODGER | Find the father |
| William ROLLO | 12 October 1855 | Helen ROLLO | Find the father |
| John RUTHERFORD | 14 February 1873 | Margaret RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Margaret RUTHERFORD | 16 December 1868 | Janet RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Margaret RUTHERFORD | 9 June 1873 | Isabella RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| John SCOTT | 11 June 1873 | Christian SCOTT | Find the father |
| David SKINNERS | 2 April 1855 | Christian SKINNERS | Find the father |
| Thomas SMITH | 10 August 1865 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Euphemia SPENCE | 5 February 1865 | Margaret SPENCE | Find the father |
| Margaret SPENCE | 22 July 1863 | Margaret SPENCE | Find the father |
| Christina STARK | 22 January 1866 | Isabella STARK | Find the father |
| Helen Kirkcaldy STEVENS | 24 January 1869 | Mary Ann STEVENS | Find the father |
| Johan STEVENS | 10 May 1865 | Helen STEVENS | Find the father |
| Margaret Davidson STEVENS | 25 April 1868 | Helen STEVENS | Find the father |
| Isabella STRATTON | 16 April 1860 | Isabella STRATTON | Find the father |
| Andrew TAYLOR | 26 October 1867 | Barbara TAYLOR | Find the father |
| James TAYLOR | 5 May 1856 | Margaret TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Margaret Lawson TAYLOR | 20 August 1868 | Isabella TAYLOR | Find the father |
| William TAYLOR | 7 May 1869 | Isabella TAYLOR | Find the father |
| Alexander THOMSON | 30 September 1863 | Janet THOMSON | Find the father |
| Alexander THOMSON | 24 August 1864 | Mary THOMSON | Find the father |
| Barbra THOMSON | 1 May 1864 | Barbra THOMSON | Find the father |
| Margaret THOMSON | 11 December 1857 | Margaret THOMSON | Find the father |
| Mary THOMSON | 26 August 1873 | Cecilia THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert THOMSON | 28 September 1865 | Janet THOMSON | Find the father |
| Thomas THOMSON | 7 January 1869 | Janet THOMSON | Find the father |
| William THOMSON | 1 July 1857 | Jessie THOMSON | Find the father |
| William THOMSON | 25 October 1870 | Helen THOMSON | Find the father |
| Thomas TURNBULL | 1 June 1873 | Isabella TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Catherine Craig WALKER | 19 November 1873 | Isabella WALKER | Find the father |
| Margaret Thomson WALKER | 27 September 1868 | Grace WALKER | Find the father |
| Agnes WALLACE | 4 June 1856 | Mary WALLACE | Find the father |
| Grace WARRENDER | 17 October 1862 | Grace WARRENDER | Find the father |
| William WARRENDER | 30 August 1861 | Ann WARRENDER | Find the father |
| Janet Williamson WEBSTER | 2 April 1862 | Ann WEBSTER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth WELSH | 17 March 1866 | Helen WELSH | Find the father |
| Agnes WHITE | 13 October 1864 | Isabella WHITE | Find the father |
| Johan WILSON | 9 August 1866 | Hannah WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann WISHART | 17 January 1867 | Catherine WISHART | Find the father |
| Helen WYLES | 11 September 1868 | Helen WYLES | Find the father |
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.
In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
